House File 2559 S-5165 Amend the amendment, S-5152, to House File 2559, as amended, 1 passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows: 2 1. Page 15, line 21, by striking < 5,946,368 > and inserting 3 < 6,946,368 > 4 2. Page 15, after line 22 by inserting: 5 < a. Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection, 6 $1,000,000 shall be used by the department to award grants to 7 municipal police departments and county sheriff departments for 8 the following purposes: 9 (1) For the purchase of equipment and training, the 10 establishment of information storage and retrieval procedures 11 and facilities, and other expenses properly related to 12 initiating a program for peace officers to wear and operate 13 body cameras while on duty in the community. 14 (2) For recruiting, training, and paying a portion of the 15 first-year salary and benefits of a community mental health 16 advocate position within a municipal police department or 17 county sheriff department. 18 b. A municipal police department or county sheriff 19 department may make separate applications for each of the two 20 purposes specified in paragraph “a” to assist peace officers 21 in identifying individuals who may be in need of mental health 22 services and to facilitate the connection of such individuals 23 to mental health providers. Grant awards may be made for up 24 to $50,000 per grant awarded. The department shall allocate 25 at least 30 percent of available funds for grants for each of 26 the two purposes specified in paragraph “a”, provided that 27 adequate qualified applications are received in each category. 28 The department shall distribute funds as equitably as possible 29 to achieve a balanced distribution of funds geographically 30 within the state and among large and small communities. In the 31 alternative, grant funds may be used by a police department 32 or county sheriff’s department to pay the first-year costs 33 of contracting with an outside agency to perform similar 34 functions. 35 -1- S 5152.4562 (2) 89 as/tm 1/ 2 #1. #2.